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by Kelly Dean Hansen, Ph.D., Musicology
In an ongoing project, I am constructing distinctive real-time listening guides to the works of the German Romantic composer Johannes Brahms. By nature, the guides are recording-specific, but they can be adapted to any recording of the given works by simply changing the timings. I am willing to do this for anybody who would like to provide a recording.
Email me
if you have any requests for specific guides for works that may not be posted or for guides tailored to alternative recordings. The most recent additions will be marked as
for at least a week. The following guides are now available:
Opus 1
: Piano Sonata #1 in C Major [December 21, 2005--REVISED March 26, 2010]
Opus 2
: Piano Sonata #2 in F-sharp Minor [December 21, 2005--REVISED
January 24, 2010]
Opus 3
: Six Songs (Gesänge) [December 21, 2005--
REVISED December 26, 2012]
Opus 5
: Piano Sonata #3 in F Minor [March 4, 2013]
Opus 9
: Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann for Solo Piano [June 30, 2010]
Opus 12
: Ave Maria for Four-Voice Women's Chorus and Orchestra or Organ [October 14, 2008]
Opus 13
: Begräbnisgesang (Burial Song) for Chorus and Wind Instruments [August 28, 2008]
Opus 14
: Eight Songs and Romances (Lieder und Romanzen) [September 6, 2008]
Opus 17
: Four Partsongs (Gesänge) for Women's Chorus with Two Horns and Harp [November 13, 2008]
Opus 18
: String Sextet #1 in B-flat Major (includes arrangement of second movement for piano) [November 13, 2008]
Opus 19
: Five Songs (Gedichte--Poems) [January 23, 2009]
Opus 20
: Three Duets for Soprano and Alto [February 7, 2006--REVISED
March 28, 2011]
Opus 21, No. 1
: Variations on an Original Theme for Piano [January 31, 2009]
Opus 21, No. 2
: Variations on a Hungarian Song for Piano [January 31, 2009]
Opus 22
: Marienlieder (Marian Songs) for Mixed Chorus [August 24, 2009]
Opus 24
: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of G. F. Handel for Piano [November 23, 2009]
Opus 25
: Piano Quartet #1 in G Minor [July 9, 2009]
Opus 26
: Piano Quartet #2 in A Major [May 31, 2013]
Opus 27
: Psalm 13 for Three-Voice Women's Chorus and Organ [October 28, 2009]
Opus 28
: Four Duets for Alto and Baritone [August 15, 2009]
Opus 30
: Geistliches Lied (Sacred Song) for Mixed Chorus and Organ [October 14, 2008]
Opus 31
: Three Quartets for Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass [October 24, 2008]
Opus 32
: Nine Songs (Lieder und Gesänge) to Texts by Platen and Daumer [September 15, 2009]
Opus 33
: Fifteen Romances from L. Tieck's
September 15, 2009]
Opus 34
: Piano Quintet in F Minor [January 7, 2014]
Opus 34b
: Sonata for Two Pianos in F Minor (after the Piano Quintet) [January 9, 2014]
Opus 35
: Variations on a Theme of Paganini (Studies for Piano) [January 9, 2009]
Opus 37
: Three Sacred Choruses (Geistliche Chöre) for Four-Voice Women's Chorus [September 26, 2008]
Opus 38
: Cello Sonata #1 in E Minor [July 11, 2013]
Opus 39
: Sixteen Waltzes for Piano Duet or Piano Solo (All Versions) [November 4, 2008]
Opus 41
: Five Partsongs (Lieder) for Four-Voice Men's Chorus [May 31, 2008]
Opus 42
: Three Partsongs (Gesänge) for Six-Voice Mixed Chorus [January 2, 2006--REVISED
August 19, 2009]
Opus 43
: Four Songs (Gesänge) [June 29, 2006--REVISED
January 25, 2010]
Opus 44
: Twelve Songs and Romances (Lieder und Romanzen) for Four-Voice Women's Chorus with (Optional) Piano Accompaniment [June 23, 2012]
Opus 45
: Ein Deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem) to Words of Holy Scripture for Two Soloists, Chorus, and Orchestra [December 26, 2008]
Opus 47
: Five Songs (Lieder) [June 10, 2009]
Opus 49
: Five Songs (Lieder) [February 26, 2014]
Opus 50
, Cantata for Tenor Solo, Male Chorus, and Orchestra [September 17, 2013]
Opus 52
: Liebeslieder Waltzes for Vocal Quartet and Piano Duet [April 15, 2010]
Opus 53
: Rhapsody for Alto, Male Chorus, and Orchestra [September 18, 2009]
Opus 55
: Triumphlied (Song of Triumph) from Revelation Chapter 19 for Eight-Voice Chorus, Baritone Soloist, and Orchestra [September 22, 2012]
Opus 57
: Eight Songs (Lieder und Gesänge) to Texts by G. F. Daumer [August 28, 2008]
Opus 58
: Eight Songs (Lieder und Gesänge) [November 7, 2009]
Opus 59
: Eight Songs (Lieder und Gesänge) [February 20, 2009]
Opus 63
: Nine Songs (Lieder und Gesänge) [July 15, 2006--REVISED November 7, 2009]
Opus 65
: New Liebeslieder Waltzes for Vocal Quartet and Piano Duet [October 24, 2008]
Opus 66
: Five Duets for Soprano and Alto [September 15, 2009]
Opus 68
: Symphony #1 in C Minor [March 26, 2010]
Opus 69
: Nine Songs (Gesänge) [April 3, 2013]
Opus 70
: Four Songs (Gesänge) [September 11, 2008]
Opus 73
: Symphony #2 in D Major [January 29, 2010]
Opus 74
: Two Motets for Mixed Chorus [June 30, 2009]
Opus 75
: Four Ballads and Romances (Balladen und Romanzen) for Two Voices and Piano [March 28, 2011]
Opus 76
: Eight Piano Pieces (Klavierstücke) [November 26, 2008]
Opus 77
: Violin Concerto in D Major [February 9, 2009]
Opus 78
: Violin Sonata #1 in G Major [September 1, 2009]
Opus 80
: Academic Festival Overture [June 12, 2013]
Opus 81
: Tragic Overture (D Minor) [October 14, 2008]
Opus 84
: Five Romances and Songs (Romanzen und Lieder) for One or Two Voices [June 26, 2006]
Opus 85
: Six Songs (Lieder) [August 18, 2008]
Opus 86
: Six Songs (Lieder) for Low Voice [November 20, 2008]
Opus 88
: String Quintet #1 in F Major [July 21, 2009]
Opus 89
: Gesang der Parzen (Song of the Fates) for Six-Voice Chorus and Orchestra [February 26, 2009]
Opus 92
: Four Quartets for Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass [June 26, 2009]
Opus 93a
: Six Songs and Romances (Lieder und Romanzen) for Four-Voice Mixed Chorus [October 14, 2008]
Opus 93b
: Tafellied--"Dank der Damen" ("The Ladies' Toast"), Glee for Six-Voice Mixed Chorus and Piano [June 26, 2009]
Opus 97
: Six Songs (Lieder) [September 26, 2008]
Opus 98
: Symphony #4 in E Minor [June 17, 2009]
Opus 99
: Cello Sonata #2 in F Major [January 26, 2013]
Opus 100
: Violin Sonata #2 in A Major [February 9, 2006--REVISED
July 11, 2009]
Opus 101
: Piano Trio #3 in C Minor [October 2, 2008]
Opus 104
: Five Partsongs (Gesänge) for Mixed Chorus [December 28, 2008]
Opus 106
: Five Songs (Lieder) [January 10, 2006--REVISED June 5, 2010]
Opus 108
: Violin Sonata #3 in D Minor [March 28, 2007--REVISED
September 1, 2009]
Opus 110
: Three Motets for Four- and Eight-Voice Mixed Chorus [August 19, 2009]
Opus 111
: String Quintet #2 in G Major [September 29, 2009]
Opus 117
: Three Intermezzi for Piano [April 2, 2011]
Opus 118
: Six Piano Pieces (Klavierstücke) [December 28, 2005--REVISED
August 3, 2009]
Opus 119
: Four Piano Pieces (Klavierstücke) [August 3, 2009]
Opus 120, No. 1
: Clarinet (or Viola) Sonata #1 in F Minor [November 23, 2012]
Opus 120, No. 2
: Clarinet (or Viola) Sonata #2 in E-flat Major [December 26, 2012]
Opus 121
: Four Serious Songs (Vier ernste Gesänge) for Bass Voice and Piano [May 31, 2010]
Opus 122
: Eleven Chorale Preludes for Organ (posthumous) [April 8, 2014]
(2/26/14): Well, it had to happen eventually. The
has finally arrived at the Brahms Listening Guides website. This is for the other 95%--I guess. But you, sophisticated regular visitors, will never call it
"Brahms' Lullaby" again. And even if you do, you
'll rebel against the horrible AP style
and properly style it as "Brahms
s Lullaby." After all, we wouldn
't want to imply that the most famous cradle song in the world was written by several members of the family Brahm! Or even better, you will demonstrate your sophistication by putting your child to sleep while singing
, Op. 49, No. 4, making sure the infant grows up knowing it
s proper designation.
In more mundane news, I neglected to mention on this front page that last month, I added the version without voices (Op. 65a) to the guide for the New Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 65a, in the same manner that this was done for Op. 52, as described below. Score links have now been fixed and updated through Op. 69!
(1/9/14): As mentioned in the guide itself, I have departed from my usual practice in constructing separate guides for the Piano Quintet, Op. 34, and its version as a Sonata for Two Pianos, Op. 34b. Typically, alternate versions of works are presented within the same guide (e.g., Opp. 12, 18, 39, 52, 65, 120 Nos. 1 & 2). The reasons for doing a separate guide for Op. 34b are actually obvious; the fact that neither piano part in the sonata matches the piano part in the quintet (and the sheer scope of the differences in the scoring) really left me no choice. The guides are among the largest I have done for instrumental works, which speaks to the vast content and compositional intricacy of this music, in either of its two versions. I did use the guide for Op. 34 as a template for Op. 34b, but I made an effort to treat the two-piano version independently, with as little reference to the quintet version or to string instruments as possible, only doing so in a few cases of particular interest.
I apologize once again for the long delay; this was one of the most challenging works to tackle, and I had to do it twice (at a busy time of the year). I now intend to turn for a time to song sets and other smaller works--the Piano Quintet has kind of drained me. Expect to see more movement on the updating of score links as well, as more low-voice versions from the Peters Edition of the songs become available on IMSLP.
(9/17/13): Whew! Now that I
've tackled
, the greatest obstacle to eventually finishing this long project has been removed. I had been concerned about this particular work for some time. It is the most singular and unique among all of Brahms
's major works, his only choral setting of an overtly dramatic text, and the only large composition to have an almost completely continuous structure. I had debated for many months how I would handle this guide when it came up. Even the issue of posting translations for such a long text proved a puzzle, as did the issue of how to handle a multi-track recording of a piece with only one real break. The result is what will likely be the
magnum opus
of the Brahms Listening Guides. No, it
's not the biggest Brahms work or even the most profound. In fact, it is probably the least familiar of all the major compositions. But it provided challenges to my established method, and I am extremely happy to have finished it. I hope you enjoy my approach to this unusual piece. As you can see, it took a while. Another much-demanded piece, the Piano Quintet (Op. 34), is coming next.
I am mindful of the need to update the rest of the score links. I am kind of stalled there right now because the low-key editions for the later song opus numbers have not yet been posted to IMSLP. Still, I intend to move forward with non-song opus numbers. The links are fixed through Op. 55.
On another subject entirely, my city of Boulder has been ravaged by disastrous floods in the last week. Ironically, with everything shut down because of an abundance of water, I was able to find time to finish describing Brahms
's thrilling setting of Rinaldo's voyage away from Armida's enchanted island. We find silver linings where we can.
While my family was fortunate to escape with no damage to health or property, the devastation around us is awesome and terrible. I ask for thoughts and prayers on behalf of those who suffered devastating losses in this incredible catastrophe.
(6/4/13): The guide for the Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52, has been updated to consider the version for piano duet without voices published as Op. 52a. I had resisted including this version because I consider it inferior. But it does have a prominence among arrangements because of the separate opus number with letter, because it was included in the
Sämtliche Werke,
and because recordings are readily available. There are very few alterations of any significance from the piano duet parts of the main version with vocal quartet. The most prominent of these is the embellished repeat of No. 7, Part 2. I hope that my method of considering this version is unobtrusive, but still useful. I did not consider it worthy of its own separate outline as with, for example, the viola versions of the Op. 120 sonatas. At some point in the near future, this update will also be done for the New Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 65.
Score links have been updated and corrected through Op. 55 (and for any guides with higher numbers constructed from 2012 on). The latest new guide is the A-major Piano Quartet, Op. 26, the composer's longest instrumental work! On deck are the Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80, and the First Cello Sonata, Op. 38.
(3/4/13): I've again moved the updates to the archive page (linked below). I am regularly posting guides again, but at a slower pace than in 2008 and 2009. The latest guide to be posted, the F-minor piano sonata (Op. 5), has been long awaited and requested. I'm happy to finally have it available. Score links have been updated through Op. 33. Indications of alternate keys for solo songs are also being added as I fix the score links. Again, this will be an extended process, as most of my time on the site will be spent creating new guides. Thanks again for all the messages of support!
All guides copyright 2004-2014 by Kelly Dean Hansen. Feel free to use them in any way, but please give me credit


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494 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY | Directions 1121540.668732 -73.990338
Neighborhoods: Gowanus
They closed the curtain with me inside – I arrived at the bar at 11pm on a sunday night on June 14, 2009 and I asked the "owner" what time did they close and she said 12am. All of a sudden after ordering 3 drinks with my boyfriend at 11:30 pm the owner ordered that the curtains be brought down even the ones from
the entrance. I was terrified and I felt kicked out. They were rushing me to finish my drink. NOT WORTH THE MONEY. Mexican food served by Equadoreans. Terrible treatment. Highly over priced drinks. Drink asked to be chilled was warm. Waitress was texting instead of making sure all was well. I do not recommend this place cantina restaurant to anyone who is afraid of being locked in. The owners had the curtains brought down on my boyfriend and I. It was sad.
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never crowded, nice staff, attentic, cheap drinks, yummy appetizers – Nice managers always there to chat with you. We live neaby and visit often and they are personable and remember you. its never crowded so you get lots of attention and friendly conversation if you want it. They have lots of deals on drinks, and the drinks are cheap overall. They have yummy appetizers, and tasty daquiris and margaritas.
Their dessert is good too, like the sopapillas.
There mexican food isn't too authentic. small portions, foofy presentation, and not spicy..but that isn't bad. still good.
nice little neighborhood bar.
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Audio Pro International is proud to present its debut column from Alchemea College, with course co-ordinator for the facility's Diploma in Live Sound Engineering Darryn De La Soul providing the inaugural contribution…
'What is the point of an Audio Education?'
Every now and again I come across a bit of prejudice from a few of the 'old boys' in the industry, against educating people formally in audio. I imagine this stems from the "I swept the floor for five years before they let me touch a desk" point of view. And in years gone by this was indeed the way to get into the business, and would still be legitimate if these opportunities were ever offered.
It seems to me, however, as someone both running a college course and helping young engineers into the workplace, that just like record companies now require bands to turn up with a finished product before they'll even get a listen, employers in the audio industry want engineers to turn up with a complete set of skills. This is only to be expected in the current climate (training someone up may not cost too much in wages, but it still costs food and accommodation if you take them on the road) but does beg the question of how people are to get into the industry if there are (a) no floors to sweep or (b) the cost of living is now so high no one can eat on a floor-sweeping wage.
I can also see how a theory-only university style education in sound creates genuine difficulties in the real world workplace where a piece of paper means little when it comes to pushing faders around; and also how the expectations of degree graduates clashes horribly with the reality of entry-level employment opportunities.Article continues below
The more time I spend in adult education the more I realise whilst uni might be fun, unless you're becoming a doctor or a lawyer, it's not really good preparation for the workplace, especially in a practical career like sound engineering. To be able to mix a band or load a truck, you need to spend time learning to mix bands and load trucks, not writing dissertations about it. Without this practical experience, degree graduates are not very employable and I think this is where a lot of the prejudice from the 'old guys' comes from. You need to be able to DO things, and are particularly unuseful if you cannot.
Vocational training has a lot going for it these days. Although fees are often high at the private colleges offering these courses, university fees are now similar. The time commitment, however, tends to be much shorter so parents and/or loans only need to pay for Little Johnny's rent and pocket money for a few months rather than a few years. Little Johnny's earning potential at the end of a vocational course – usually an entry-level job – also matches the initial investment slightly better. Investing in three years of tuition, rent and living does give rise to an expectation of higher earnings, and possibly also an unrealistic expectation that your degree earns you a spot mixing on main stage Glastos.
So, whilst I can understand the annoyance the old boys feel with "too big for their boots" graduates, the industry at the moment also demands ready-made engineers, and so vocational college courses come into their own. Alchemea, for one, never pretends to students that they will be more than entry-level when they graduate. We do find, though, that the good ones climb the ladder very quickly once they get out there and get working. Even more importantly, a very high percentage of graduates DO actually get out there and work. They come with a great work ethic, a deep respect for those who've been in the business for longer than they have and an understanding that they still don't know everything. All of this stands them in good stead. They can also make a three-indie-bands-down-the-pub gig happen with half a microphone and three bits of gaffer tape, which, for me, is the real mark of an engineer with a future ahead of them; making something happen with nothing.
So in this era of "unemployment amongst young people at an all time high," turning out employable graduates, with realistic expectations and the right character traits, nurtured in small groups with personal attention from tutors, is what education should be striving for, and what we at Alchemea believe we are getting right. Our Live Sound Diploma is particularly successful at this – at last count, over 80% of Diploma graduates (those who scored 70% or higher) are working on one way or another in the industry.
Darryn started her career in Live Sound at London's 93 Feet East, where she spent two years. After this she went freelance, tour managing and mixing FOH for Domino Records artists Juana Molina, Hood and Test Icicles as well as Rephlex artists. Whilst continuing to work as a FOH engineer at such venues as The Fridge, Village Underground, Neighbourhood, Ocean Village 2 Cruise Ship, Bush Hall, The Courtyard Theatre, de la Warr Pavillion, Heaven Night Club, NFT and Battersea Arts Centre, she also got involved in Production Management, most notably with Faster Than Sound (a long-term experiment in collaboration between classical and electronic artistes), Jem Finer's "Longplayer" and the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Radio Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory. She also maintains a close relationship with Punchdrunk Theatre Company.
Darryn has also dabbled in film, winning Best Short Documentary 2008 at the London Independent Film Festival.


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MicroFormats – Now on 10Commerce
Here is an update on our most recent product feature: 10Commerce now uses Microformats.
WHATWG came up with Microformats, a specification that helps search engines access and process data semantically from web pages. Microformats helps technologies such as search engines and web crawlers better understand what information is contained in a web page. And because it helps the search engines understand the content better, the search engines pass on the benefit to its users. So the users can better understand what the pages contain before they even click on them.Makes for a better web, doesn't it?
For those who are more technically minded, please read on.
Here is the news release from Google talking about its' support of Microformats – http://bit.ly/Hmrre2
Microformats can be used to include data on multiple data types. A few relevant ones are included below:
- Microformats for e-commerce: for products, offers, reviews, etc.
- Microformats for people
- Microformats for events
- Microformats for local businesses, addresses, etc
Terms used for Microformats in Code part
- itemscope – Creates the Item and indicates that descendants of this element contain information about it.
- itemtype – A valid URL of a vocabulary that describes the item and its properties context.
- itemid – Indicates a unique identifier of the item.
- itemprop – Indicates that its containing tag holds the value of the specified item property. The properties name and value context are described by the items vocabulary. Properties values usually consist of string values, but can also use using the a element and itshref attribute, the
imgelement and its
srcattribute, or other elements that link to or embed external resources
- itemref – Properties that are not descendants of the element with the itemscope attribute can be associated with the item using this attribute. Provides a list of element itemids with additional properties elsewhere in the document.
MicroFormats in Ecommerce
Here is an example of Microformats being used in Amazon.com
Reviews , Product Price and Product stock are the microdata. Google analyzes the product detail page that it crawled through using the microformats / microdatas as its guide and shows the result on its search engine as shown above.
Example code:

Sony 24inch TV
$2356
In Stock
Sony
ISBN
sku
The above is the code you would need to include in your product detail page.
If you would like to test out how your page / site works using microformats you can test it out using the following tool:
Some reference sites for further reading:
Rajasekar, is the Web Technologies Developer at Tenovia Solutions, an Ecommerce product and services company. Besides implementing complex customer requirements he loves to constantly be on the lookout for cool web features being introduced across the web.


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Cherry Rye Bourbon County Brand Stout - Goose Island Beer Co.
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Ratings: 1,096 | Reviews: 164 | Show All Ratings:
4.33/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours dark black with a small tan head which fades to a small disc, and leaves some lacing. The aroma has chocolate, bourbon, cherries, vanilla, and oak.
Tastes sweet without being overly sweet. Has chocolate, cherries, bourbon, vanilla, oak, dark roasted malt, and rye. There is not enough dark roasted malt to add any bitterness for balance, but this beer does not seem to need it.
Medium bodied with low carbonation. The alcohol is well hidden for a 13.70 % abv beer. There is no alcohol burn. A very well made beer. I can see why this was so highly sought after.
Serving type: bottle
04-25-2014 02:35:58 | More by hardy008
3.69/5 rDev -17.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Bottle shared at the Flying Saucer in Houston.
A: Like all Bourbon County variants, pours an impenetrable black color. A small tan head tries to form, and recedes in a second. Just a dense black liquid. Which is just fine for this beer.
S: Vanilla, wood, chocolate, medicinal cherries. Big barrel aromas along with a bit of fruit.
T: Follows the nose with the typical big barrel character for the brand. Vanilla, wood, and chocolate. Followed by the medicinal cherries. Maybe this is a bit past its prime, while the fruits are there just not as much umpth as I would like.
M/D: Obviously a big full body that has low to moderate carbonation. Viscous and oily. Like all versions, enjoyable to sip on. Maybe not may favorite of the brand, but still very enjoyable.
I do like this, but I am thinking any good cherry fruit flavor has faded. Not having this fresh I am just guessing. Though as is, I think the local Karbach Cherries of Fire is much better.
Serving type: bottle
04-09-2014 03:12:52 | More by champ103
West Virginia
4.46/5 rDev -0.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
12/7/13, from williamjbauer's baller tasting, poured into a snifter
A- pours black with nearly no head but some alcohol legs sticking upon swirling, some ruby hues poking through on the edges of the beer
S- pure dark cherry in the purest form, the most authentic cherry aroma that I had smelled in a beer. Bourbon and vanilla notes underlie the cherry aroma with a touch of toasted oak, also picking up a subtle, peppery spiciness as well from the rye
T- pure cherry bliss, like the juice of a dark cherry. A subtle rye spiciness underlies, complementing the rye quite nicely. Oaky notes come through mid-palate and eventually continue to the classic Bourbon County bourbon/chocolate flavor on the finish with some barrel flavors on the finish
M- low carbonation and a medium body lead to a somewhat slick mouthfeel that coats the mouth, leaving just a hint of alcohol warmth
O- this is a very unique BA stout, the cherry is unlike anything I've tasted in a beer and works well with the rye, worth seeking out
Serving type: bottle
03-31-2014 18:21:58 | More by Treyliff
4.76/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Bomber into a snifter. Bottle #1607 bottled on 11/12/12. Thanks to Stumpy29er for the trade!
A - Pitch black for the most part and ruby red on the edges
S - Bourbon, oak, chocolate and the cherries are present as well
T - Everything on the smell is here on the taste. The cherries were not overpowering in any way. Instead, they blended with the BCBS that we all know and love and are a nice sweet, tart finish on the tongue. Just great.
M - Thick and coats your whole mouth. Some decent carbonation helps move the high abv along.
O - Another home run from Goose Island. I have yet to have a Bourbon County variant let me down. I was afraid the cherries would give off a cough syrup smell/taste, but the tartness blends very well with the bourbon, oak, chocolate, and coffee flavors. Trade for this if you can. You won't be disappointed.
Serving type: bottle
03-22-2014 02:40:12 | More by ThrewRedButter
4.51/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
A-dark brown black cooler itch a small tan head and little lacing
S-chocolate, bourbon, cherry, hint of coffee, cinnamon
T-dark roasted malt, dark chocolate, cherry, rye, coffee, hint of cinnamon
F-medium to full body with light carbonation, smooth and creamy
O-great stout, loved the cherry, tastes like a chocolate covered cherry, really enjoyed this a lot and look forward to drinking it again
Serving type: bottle
03-17-2014 01:35:01 | More by MDDMD
4.24/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
excellent beer, lets get that right out, but i was a bit let down by it and here is why. i dont think bourbon county really needs the fruit. the rye yes, a great addition to an already splendid brew, a little coarseness and some oomph, but the fruit doesnt do anything for me. the cherries come through a little medicinal, a little fake like pie filling from the can, and it puts some sweetness in the finish that it just doesnt need. the base stout is amazing obviously, but its covered up a little by the cherries in smell and taste. the rye brings out some of the richer dark malt, without pulling up any real bitterness. that great bourbon county density is robust. palate coating and syrupy, which normally i love, but the cherries in this one make it feel too thick, or make the viscosity unflattering because of the sugar and the medicinal notes from the cherry. i love the beer, i mean, one of the best stouts in the world hands down, but being critical. i dont think the cherries do any favors to it. i have heard wonderful things about the backyard rye version, and would love to try that. maybe less sweetness and darker berry profile would work better than the cherries. the trademark big finish of this is compromised a little by the cherries, i miss that oaked vanilla kick. rye yes, cherries no. thanks to drlovemd87 as always for sharing a rare bottle. that dude is so generous with his cellar, i am a lucky man.
Serving type: bottle
03-14-2014 16:37:30 | More by StonedTrippin
New Hampshire
4.51/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Pours black, with no head, a little tan film around the edge of the glass. Smells bourbony, with lots of chocolate notes and faint cherry smell. Taste follows the nose with a nice cherry tart on the end. Nice mouthfeel. Feels a bit chewy, alcohol burn isn't hidden, but I wasn't expecting it to be. Very good beer, very flavorful. A great sipper and even with the age on it the cherry is there.
Serving type: bottle
03-12-2014 17:20:34 | More by Mikeypnh
4.74/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 3 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
No lacing. Thick fluid brew. bad legs. Dark dense black brew. OK appearance. Nothing remarkable. Head builds when agitated.
Lots of mild melded Cheery and oak. Vanilla, milky, robust, Pronounced rye. Awesome.
Medium-high viscosity. Nice smooth sweetness. Nothing over the top. Simply great. Heat grows gently and creeps nicely. Zero bitterness. Wet. Carbonation is light and perfect. Cherry flavors are faded and very nice. There's some kinda of amazing coconut.
A delicacy. To be savored. Can't recommend, because it's not around, but it still is recommended. Not a Gimmick
Serving type: bottle
03-09-2014 05:19:30 | More by chugalug06
3.99/5 rDev -10.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4
Served on tap in a snifter at Whirlyball Chicago.
A- Looks like BCBS.
S- Much more buttery whiskey tones and sweeter than the regular brand. A little bit of fruitiness but its not quite cherry.
T- surprisingly sour, reminds me a touch of the Bcbs Napa from the block party last summer. Much more scintillating to the tastebuds because of this. I like the bourbon character in the other variants better than the rye.
M- Mostly just bcbs, but a little more mouthwatering from Thr acidity.
O- Not my favorite variant, but very tasty. I dont quiiiite get the hype on this one other than the rareity. Grateful for the chance to have tried this.
Serving type: on-tap
02-20-2014 01:23:15 | More by RhyminBelmont
New Jersey
4.53/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Reviewed from notes from 12/28/13
A- Pours a thick black with some brown/ruby hues as it pours. A finger and a half of head that slowly recedes to a thick film. Leaves some lacing on the glass.
S- The aroma is fantastic! The rye whiskey, cherry, and oak are exploding out of the glass! Roasted coffee and malt, prunes, and figs all play secondary roles. Molasses, and hints of booze round out this complex aroma. Wow this is awesome!
T- Opens sweet, chocolaty, with maraschino cherries. It's like a rye whiskey soaked chocolate covered cherry! There's some caramel and a decent amount of charred oak as well. There's a little bit of roasted malt. This is dominated by the chocolate covered cherry, but surprisingly it works well! It's a bit medicinal, but not overly so.
M- The mouth feel is somewhat thick, but not quite as thick as I want in a barrel aged stout. Only a bit of carbonation.
O- Overall I really love this beer! It has its minor flaws, but I'd drink this just about any time!
Serving type: bottle
02-15-2014 00:37:02 | More by SadMachine
4.85/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
(from last night at bottle share) Bomber dated 11/12/12 split 5 ways, poured about 4 oz into pint glass
Appearance - dark black, not much head
Smell - Got a decent amount of cherry, some oak, vanilla
Taste - amazing, taste followed the flavor. almost reminded me of red velvet cake, cherry, chocolate goodness. an ever so slight hint of whiskey. the cherry flavor lingers on the finish and is very pleasant.
Mouthfeel - it was thick but didn't seem as much as regular BCBS, lower carb, very smooth
Overall - wow, what a beer. I'd love to have had a bit larger pour but was grateful to have been part of the bottle share. How smooth this beer was makes me want to age my only backyard Rye for a year before cracking it open. This was so drinkable I could probably easily have put down the whole bomber myself
Serving type: bottle
01-10-2014 13:14:33 | More by maxcoinage
4.1/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
22 oz bottle bottled on 111212
A-pours black with a brown thin head
S- fresh cherry pie with mellow bourbon ,vanilla and wood
T-sweet baked pie cherries up front with mellow bourbon notes thru out
M- smooth and velvet with semi-tart sweet cherries ABV very well hidden
O- a great stout but i thought the cherries took front seat here i prefer regular and coffee to this one
Serving type: bottle
01-04-2014 22:58:54 | More by gatornation
5/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Bottled 11/12/12. Poured into a snifter. Vigorous pour raised a small amount of tan head. Black with a hint of red.
Smells of bourbon, vanilla, smoke. Smell is very similar to BCBS.
My god this tastes so good. Very similar to base BCBS but with a sweeter palate. Has a bit of sweet cherry on the back. Absolutely brilliant balance of flavor.
Just the right amount of carbonation, creamy mouthfeel. What you expect from Bourbon County.
Happy to have had the chance to share this bad boy. My dad, brother, and I all ,felt like this was an unbelievable variant. Perfect addition to Bourbon County line. World class brew!
Serving type: bottle
12-30-2013 00:09:48 | More by TheSleepyMonkey
Alberta (Canada)
4.55/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
650ml bomber poured into tulip, big thanks OakedCanuck for the bottle
A black body with a deeper then expected cola edge, noisy thumbs width of mocha foam fizzes out quickly leaving no lace but that's almost expected in these booze monsters, legs on the side ofter a swirl also expected in a booze monster
S lots of rye barrel, some booze but nowhere near 13.7%, some cherry, dark chocolate, molasses, more woody rye, a hint of smoke, some cola, smells pretty good
T more cherry in the mouth, dried, candied and chocolate covered that is, still plenty of barrel with some added char, cherry cola opposed to cola, some cinnamon, a little chewing tobacco, cold coffee, and again I get some booze but I'd guess 9-10%, think cherry chocolate fudge mixed with burnt rye barrel and some licorice, just beautiful
M shes a thick one, low carbonation, some heat and a little numbing, quite slick, lots of charred barrel lingering and my lips are stuck together, seriously though this is some sticky liquid
O this ones up there no doubt, I like the spicy rye barrel choice, the cherry plays its part quite well, the booze is well hidden all things considered, and it just plain and simply tastes brilliant
One of the better beers I've had in a while and I've been exposed to some great ones as of late. I doubt I'll get to try this one again and in might have benefited from some age but I really can't complain about whats in my glass at the moment
Serving type: bottle
12-17-2013 06:56:20 | More by wordemupg
4.49/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
22oz bomber, split
Clocks in at 13.7%, which actually seems low for a BCBS varietal. The cherry is evident throughout - sweet and juicy, cherries seem more akin to pie cherry than some of the bolder and darker varietals. The rye was not overly apparent to me but the cherry definitely cut through some of the abrasive bourbon, which is a plus or minus depending on your purogative.
A nice treat - I perhaps prefer the original though
Serving type: bottle
12-16-2013 19:15:22 | More by dirtylou
4.25/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours black with a light brown halo. Cherry pie aroma, heavy on cinnamon, spicy booze but not too hot. Flavor has a lot of cherry and when mixed with the spirit heat it takes a slightly medicinal character, which isn't too bad since the stout character takes over with heavy dark chocolate and caramel. Comes together really nicely as it warms.
Serving type: bottle
12-08-2013 06:39:02 | More by illidurit
4.38/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Goose Island Cherry Rye Bourbon County Brand is a delicious stout with some nice cherry accent. I had this at the Goose Island event at Meridian Pint in DC a few months ago.
A: Black with a nice head, especially around the edges. 4
S: Malty with dark fruit flavour. Cherry? 4
T: Malty with lovely black cherry flavour. The finish is clean with some cherry tang in there. The cherry is super string but very well integrated. 4.5
M: Chewy with low carbonation. 4.5
Serving type: bottle
12-03-2013 07:22:48 | More by vandemonian
West Virginia
4.9/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
Had this one on tap at the Goose Island brewpub on B(CBS)lack Friday. 5oz pour served in a snifter.
A: Pitch black, minimal head.
S: Smells like walking into grandma's kitchen as she pulls that famous cherry pie out of the oven to cool while taking another hefty swig of grandpa's finest whiskey...
T: Follows up the smell with the perfect amount of cherry. No tartness at all really, and just sweet enough to blend in perfectly with the rest of the flavors... No need to elaborate further here so use your imagination.
M: feels like any world class stout should and does so very well.
O: This was a treat. I actually got to talk with brewmaster Brett Porter about this beer amongst other things and one of the questions I asked was when he thought this beer would/had reached it's peak (since it took a couple of years for Bramble to peak) and his answer was "right GD now"... His answer was right on point, just like this amazing brew. So if you're reading this and have a bottle of Cherry Rye that you've been saving, now is the time. Definitely glad I managed to grab a bottle to enjoy again here soon and compare with the draft version. Cheers!
Serving type: on-tap
12-01-2013 03:40:49 | More by WVUbrew
4.88/5 rDev +8.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
A-pours oil black with a single finger tan head
S- bourbon, chocolate, cherry, chocolate, sweet sugar cookie,
T- woah, starts with nice semi tart cherry, that leads into bourbon and rye flavors, plenty of cocoa and cinnamon flavors, abv is completely hidden
M- amazing velvety texture
O- such an amazing beer. You get lots of cherry that isn't too tart but it's still sweet, bourbon is perfectly balanced, they rye adds a distinctive flavor, and it goes down so smooth. I am so glad I got to try this and I'm glad I'm essentially drinking it alone because I can't get enough. This combines my favorite things of cherry, bourbon, and beer and it's one of the best I've ever had
Serving type: bottle
11-28-2013 01:04:21 | More by brewtus
4.96/5 rDev +10.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
2012 bottle from a trade split with a buddy. Got the Cherry Rye + lots of super extras for some New Glarus Very Sour Blackberry. Sampled at a cabin during one of our personal beer tests.
From bomber to Spiegelau tulip. Was out in the cool temp so probably 55-60 degrees.
A: Jet black, opaque, tan head that falls to a ring. No sediment.
S: Here's where the magic starts. Huge bourbon, cherry, grainy smell. Cocoa too. Like a cherry chocolate granola bar.
T: More of the same greatness. Smooth bourbon, barrel char, coffee from the roast, and of course cherries! Words do it no justice.
M: Thick, rich, heavy, but clean.
O: I've had BCBS, BCBS Coffee, KBS, Angel's Share, and now this. This one just might be my favorite of the (fantastic) heap. Goose Island knows how to make a huge, rich beer that is velvety smooth. Seek it out. Glad I have another one from the trade to hide away.
Serving type: bottle
11-25-2013 18:32:03 | More by JRdaSconnie
4.73/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Awesome beer. Pours almost jet black with a hint of red. Small tan head on a medium pour. Smells of the bourbon and cherry, guess that isn't a surprise. Tastes even better than the smell. The huge bourbon smell would lead one to believe that it would have a hard alcohol bite, not the case. The alcohol is definitely there, but well hidden. The cherries and eye give a very nice combination. The cherries are sweet, but not over powering. This is one smooth beer. About perfect on the tongue.
Overall, one of my top 5 beers. Love it.
Serving type: bottle
11-08-2013 02:40:59 | More by Dave_Treat
4.33/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Bottle poured into snifter
A- Pours deep brown with dark maroon head
S - Rye and cherry dominate the nose.
T- The rye adds a nice dimension over the standard bourbon county. I think this balances well with the cherries. By the second half of the bottle, the cherry seems medicinal.
M- Thick and coating, as expected
O - I really enjoyed the rye barrels and what they added to this. I would recommend sharing with someone, a little much towards the end.
Serving type: bottle
10-29-2013 16:43:21 | More by langchops
5/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
What can I say about this beer? Starts with prominent bourbon notes, then moves to more of a cherry forward flavor. While the cherry is more forward and artificial that anticipated, it is still phenomenal. Pour is thick and viscous, with a small head and just a little bit of lacing, but some alcohol legs. Hides the alcohol well, and is a terrific beer to sip or drink all night.
Serving type: on-tap
10-18-2013 02:41:29 | More by boilermakerbrew
Quebec (Canada)
4.04/5 rDev -9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottle thanks to chuckycheese. Dark Brown-black pour with thin mocha head and nice hue. Aroma is huge dark chocolate and cherry pie. Also flavors of dark chocolate and cherry pie, though I find it artificial similar to cherry syrup and slightly medicinal. Thick oily and sticky mouthfeel. A big boy's beer, highly flavored. Too bad it feels artificial because the aroma is spot on.
Serving type: bottle
10-05-2013 17:33:32 | More by Luk13
4.54/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pour from a bottle into Russian river glass
dark with little to no head and no lacing
smell is bourbon and dark currant fruit
taste is similar not much heat to it and dark fruit cherry heavy on the back end
it is very smooth easy to drink at high ABV
don't think this will get much better with age on it ready to drink now
overall this is an awesome bottle would seek out again
Serving type: bottle
09-23-2013 15:05:31 | More by mhksuccess
Cherry Rye Bourbon County Brand Stout from Goose Island Beer Co.
99 out of 100 based on 1,096 ratings.


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If brought back to its original Liverpool setting and someone like kill lists Ben Wheatley on board it could be ripe for an interesting remake, but probably best left alone. Agreed with both of the previous comments Paperhouse is a must watch and Wolfen hugely underrated and influential on this film and silence of the lambs to name a few.
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- provide a framework to co-ordinate flood rescue operations
- co-ordinate all policy and support for local agencies
Read more about how we plan for and deal with flood emergencies.
Making sure people get a fair deal on flood insurance
We're working with the insurance industry and others to make sure that home insurance is widely available and affordable in flood risk areas, and that this doesn't cause insurance prices to rise for other people.
We have reached an initial agreement with the insurance industry that would enable people living in the most flood-prone areas to get affordable flood insurance. The industry's proposal – called Flood Re – would replace the current voluntary agreement (the Statement of Principles).
We are seeking powers in the Water Bill to implement these proposals. We consulted on the government's preferred approach over the summer and have published a response to the issues raised.
Our amendments to the Water Bill were published on 29 November 2013 together with Water Bill: commentary on proposed flood insurance amendments and our impact assessment Managing the future financial risk of flooding. You can find out about the progress of the bill, read the text of the bill, and get the explanatory notes and impact assessments, on the Parliament UK web site.
The preferred approach would protect many of those most at risk by in effect capping flood insurance premiums. The proposal would mean that premiums would be set according to property values and that people will know the maximum they could be asked to pay.
To fund this, a new industry-backed levy would enable insurance companies to cover those at most risk of flooding. All UK household insurers would have to pay into this pool, creating a fund that can be used to pay claims for people in high-risk homes. In the meantime, we've published a guide to help people to get affordable insurance.
We've also worked with the insurance industry and others to agree a template that can be completed by a surveyor after fitting resistant or resilient property level protection to a home. This flood risk report confirms the flood risk for a property so that insurers can take this into account when quoting for the cost of insurance.
The Pitt Review
The Pitt Review was carried out following devastating flooding in 2007. It resulted in a series of recommendations for improving the way flood risk is managed in England. We're committed to implementing the recommendations to improve our flood defences and prevent unnecessary building in areas of high flood risk.
The Flood and Water Management Act 2010
Our response to the Pitt review resulted in new legislation – the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. This:
- provides for better, more comprehensive management of flood risk
- helps safeguard community groups from unaffordable rises in surface water drainage charges
- protects water supplies to the customer
We'll implement all the provisions of the act by December 2014.
We've published:
- information on implementation progress, including on commencements (dates when legislation comes into effect) and secondary legislation
- statutory guidance and other relevant publications
Flood maps
The Environment Agency published new flood maps on 12 December 2013. These show the area that could be affected by flooding, either from rivers and the sea, reservoirs and for the first time surface water.
Flood risk regulations 2009
The EU Flood Directive (2007) requires all EU countries to take a common approach to flood risk management. This includes preparing:
- Preliminary Flood Risk Assessments published December 2011
- maps showing flood risks by December 2013
- plans for managing flood risks by December 2015
The Floods Directive is transposed into English law through the Flood Risk Regulations 2009 which complement the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
England and other UK administrations are in the process of implementing the EU legislation. Where possible, existing maps and plans used to manage flood risk will be adapted and developed to meet the requirements of the EU Directive and to co-ordinate with implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive.
We've produced guidance to lead local flood authorities on the methodology for identifying flood risk areas in England and Wales.
More detail on the approach to delivering flood risk management plans.
New approaches to managing coastal change
In June 2009 we funded 15 pathfinder projects to help communities adapt to a changing coastline. Work on these projects is now mostly completed.
Several of the pathfinder authorities developed approaches that involved moving assets and people at risk to safer locations. These are now being trialled.
- Coastal Change Pathfinder Review
- Coastal Pathfinder Evaluation: An Assessment of the Five Largest Pathfinder Projects
Who we're working with
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) is responsible for planning policy, including policy affecting the development of land which is at risk from flooding or coastal erosion.
The Environment Agency takes a strategic overview for all sources of flooding and coastal erosion in England. It also has operational responsibility for managing flood risk from rivers and the sea.
Lead local flood authorities (the unitary authority or the County Council where there is no unitary) are responsible for managing risk of flooding from small watercourses, surface runoff and groundwater.
Sewerage undertakers (often water companies, which raise funding through water rates or meter charges) are responsible for flooding from most sewers.
Internal drainage boards manage water levels and drainage of land in some low lying areas.
Coastal (local) authorities and the Environment Agency manage risks for coastal erosion.
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A chat with "Laurence Anyways" director Xavier Dolan
Montreal-born filmmaker, Xavier Dolan, is in his early twenties, but he's already got three acclaimed films under his belt. Xavier joins Jian at the desk in Studio Q to talk about his latest film "Laurence Anyways".


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Will.i.am: Corporate America's hit machineJanuary 3, 2013: 5:00 AM ET
Yes, The Black Eyed Peas frontman is an international pop star. But he has also become a trusted source for some of the world's biggest brands. Meet corporate America's consigliere of cool.
By Daniel Roberts, reporter
FORTUNE -- Will.i.am's car is careening across the 405. The cabin of his electric Tesla is eerily silent as the vehicle slides over three lanes of irate Los Angeles traffic. The rapper, whose given name is William Adams, is extremely late for a flight to Brazil. But that's not why he's speeding. He is trying to illustrate a point about time to market: "I want to be nimble," he says. "Fast."
Chances are you know Adams even if you are not a fan of his music. His group, The Black Eyed Peas, has sold some 60 million records and orchestrated the Super Bowl halftime show. Its songs regularly top pop charts. Adams's music burrows so deeply into the mind's soft tissue that even brief exposure is likely to leave you murmuring Peas lyrics. As a pop star, he's beyond bombastic. But with some of the world's biggest companies, he has cultivated an altogether different reputation. He has become a source of ideas and insight for the likes of Intel (INTC), Coca-Cola (KO), and Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) -- a kind of one-man focus group, a futurist for hire. "Will is a visionary," says Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent. "He offers an endless stream of creativity and possibility."
To be sure, Adams is hardly the first celebrity businessperson. In recent years Ashton Kutcher has invested in Foursquare and Flipboard. Justin Timberlake co-owns Myspace. Even Kim Kardashian's style site, ShoeDazzle, got $40 million in backing from Andreessen Horowitz. What makes Adams different is the role he plays: He's neither pitchman nor conventional investor. He is a co-creator and sounding board. "I don't think of Will as an endorser at all," says Genevieve Bell, an anthropologist with Intel Labs. "I think of him as part of our conversation about what the future is. His input is invaluable."
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Adams, 37, is nominally Intel's director of creative innovation. But that hasn't involved appearing in television advertisements (or drawing a traditional salary). Adams's job at the chipmaker -- yes, he actually has a working badge for its Santa Clara, Calif., headquarters -- is idea generator. He essentially holds an Intel fellowship to dream up long-term notions of what consumers might want 10, 20, 50 years from now. Intel futurist Brian David Johnson affectionately calls Adams "a real geek" and says they hash out ideas about once a month.
His arrangement with Coca-Cola is equally unconventional. In 2010, Bea Perez, then the company's North American CMO, was summoned backstage before a Black Eyed Peas concert in Atlanta. "I was expecting a traditional endorsement deal proposal," she says. Instead, Adams pitched a plan to have Coca-Cola goad fashion labels into making products with recycled material.
"I know you have the infrastructure -- what you're missing is customer involvement," Adams told her and other Coke executives after poring over the company's existing recycling programs online. He was speaking their language. He had even prepared his own presentation laying out his plan. And when Perez couldn't help but ask, "How do you get paid from this?" Adams replied that he didn't care, just wanted Coke to get more people to recycle. The beverage giant quickly signed on to the idea.
The result, dubbed Ekocycle, launched in October 2012. (The name, Adams's idea, begins with "Coke" backward.) Akin to Product Red, which raises funds to fight HIV/AIDS, Ekocycle products aim to promote recycling. Certified items are made with at least 25% recycled plastic, much of which comes from Coke. Each product is branded and tagged with the number of bottles used inside. One popular pair of headphones, for example, contains three. Levi's is selling Ekocycle 501 jeans and gadget-accessory maker Case-Mate sells an Ekocycle iPhone case at Apple Stores. Coke and Adams will divide the profits among their various charities.
"The idea is to create a commodity around sustainable goods," explains Adams. It's part of his attempt to flip the traditional relationship between artists and companies. "I'm just a dreamer, really," he says of his role. "Sometimes that can turn into commerce and sometimes those [ideas] are wacky, obscure concepts that I geek off of."
Adams's recently launched digital camera, the i.am+ foto.sosho, is one example. In February of 2012, he was on a boat watching the swimsuit model Adriana Lima get photographed when he had an idea to give the iPhone a more powerful camera lens. He spoke with tech industry pals, funded it himself, and by December the product was on shelves. The $325 accessory, pictured on the cover of our January 14 issue, snaps onto the back of an iPhone, dramatically improving the quality of the built-in camera. An app co-designed by Adams adds photo-editing and sharing tools similar to Instagram. The gadget launched last month at Selfridges, the British department store chain.
The i.am+ is pricey, yes, but Adams has had success selling high-end electronics before. He was the third equity partner in the enormously successful Beats Electronics, co-founded by rapper Dr. Dre and music producer Jimmy Iovine. Adams has tirelessly promoted the products, inserting them into Black Eyed Peas videos and lyrics, though most consumers have no idea that he was closely involved in the company's creation (he's fine with that, and says he passed up an idea to have some of the headphones bear his name). The Beats logo, a lowercase letter b, is identical to the b from the original Black Eyed Peas logo used decades ago. Taiwanese giant HTC bought a majority stake in the venture for $309 million in 2011 (Beats bought back half of HTC's investment in 2012 and now owns the controlling stake) and Adams used a portion of his proceeds as seed capital for the i.am+. Steve Stoute, a branding expert and former president of Interscope Records, argues that Adams is "expanding the footprint for how artists can engage with Fortune 500 companies.">
Adams credits Shawn Fanning, of all people, with kick-starting his love for tech. When Napster first came out, Adams says that "instead of hating on it," he became friendly with Fanning, who advised the musician, "You should understand this world." Soon, Adams created Dipdive, which he intended as a MySpace-like community to connect musicians with brands. Nowadays, it is basically defunct. Certainly the iPhone accessory, too, may fail. Faced with that possibility, Adams responds, "Well, then I've made something cool for myself to use." Stoute believes that because the camera is his own creation, it brings Adams cred even if it doesn't sell: "This is right for him. Sponsoring products is much different than creating a product. If Will was standing next to a camera that wasn't his creation, he runs a risk."
Adams grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Los Angeles and became obsessed with music at a young age. He formed his first group, A.T.B.A.N. Klann (it stood for A Tribe Beyond a Nation), in high school and was signed to Ruthless Records by famed rapper Eazy-E. When their contract fell through and the band split up, he created the Black Eyed Peas. Eventually Adams got tired of playing tiny underground venues. And a 2001 Dr. Pepper commercial starring the Peas flipped a switch: "I was like, 'Wait a second, I got paid all this money to do a song for 30 seconds, meanwhile we put out two albums that are two hours long, and this is more money than ever before … wait a minute. Oh, wow.'" That year, he retooled the band by bringing in female singer Fergie. Her explosive voice and feisty lyrics played off Adams's highflying stage persona. By 2003 the band was a mass-market success. Its most recent tour generated $105.7 million in ticket sales.
Adams's talent for self-promotion -- appearing as a hologram on CNN on election night in 2008, broadcasting a song from the surface of Mars with NASA -- can grate. "Not everything he spews is a brilliant idea," admits longtime friend and video producer Ben Mor. "But every seventh is." Indeed, Adams's kinetic manner is easy to dismiss as dilettantism. But this perpetual enthusiasm is what businesspeople say they find valuable. "He is wired into the pulse of pop culture like few others in the world," says Coke's Kent.
Adams has also accumulated some unlikely fans. Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway, believes Adams is "the real deal." The two became friends after Adams e-mailed Kamen out of the blue in 2010. The pair is now working to develop a robotics-themed science center for youngsters in Los Angeles. "Will's interest is real and his understanding is deep," says Kamen. "If you have this mental model, this typical stereotype that people from the world of entertainment are superficial or that they don't get it, he couldn't be more different. Once you get to know him you realize he not only believes in technology, he wants to take fundamental technologies and put them together to create new products to meet real needs of real people. And I'm telling you, he's going to do it." Indeed, Adams doesn't just want to come up with ideas and push them onto the real techies, he's eager to do the coding himself, which is why he'll be enrolling in computer science courses at CalArts in September.
Sitting in his Hollywood studio, Adams admits that music is no longer his top priority. He still loves touring, but "working with Intel, working with Coca-Cola -- these are the things I always dreamt of." After all, Adams explains, he's trying to set himself up for the next 20 years of his life. "I don't want to be on stage when I'm 57, talking about ... 'Let's Get It Started,'" he says, referring to a popular Peas party anthem.
Then, slowly at first, Adams begins fidgeting. He is almost giddy as he starts laying out the possibilities for future endeavors: peer-to-peer philanthropy, microtransactions, 3-D printing, wearable technology. "Ekocycle and the plastic itself can be the cartridges of ink," he says, talking faster and faster now. "And then you could print your jeans!" he exclaims. "That, to me, is the future."
A shorter version of this story appeared in the January 14, 2013 issue of Fortune.
More from The Future Issue
- The future according to Larry Page
- Teaching IBM's Watson the meaning of 'OMG'
- Iron Man in the factory
- Can we reverse-engineer the brain?


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Carl Pavano is blossoming into one of the top pitchers in the league.
For going 5-0 with a 1.37 ERA in June, the unassuming Pavano was voted the National League Pitcher of the Month.
"I'm happy for him," catcher Mike Redmond said. "He deserves it. He's done a great job. I hope tomorrow he will find out that he is going to the All-Star Game for the first time in his career."
At 9-3 with a 2.92 ERA, Pavano very possibly could be announced as an All-Star when the squads are announced Sunday at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.
In June, Pavano was a model of consistency. He struck out 31 with only five walks, allowing 27 hits in 39 1/3 innings. On June 16, the right-hander tossed a three-hit, complete-game shutout against the White Sox at Pro Player Stadium.
All five of his wins were after Marlins defeats.
"He's done a great job for us," manager Jack McKeon said. "There is no question about that. He keeps you in every game. He keeps you in there, giving you every opportunity to go out there and score.
"The thing that most impresses me is we talk about young guys, and we have a number of them on our staff, and how it takes them 'x' amount of years to finally put it all together. With him, I thought it was happening last August. I could see it coming where he just got in the groove, and it took him all these years to find out you don't have to be a power pitcher to do it."
Technically the fourth starter, Pavano finds himself overshadowed on a hard-throwing staff that includes World Series MVP Josh Beckett, Brad Penny, A.J. Burnett and animated left-hander Dontrelle Willis.
"If you asked people before the season who would be our All-Star from our staff, and you said Pavano, people would have thought you were crazy," Redmond said.
The way he spots his fastball on the corners, changing speeds from 90-93 mph, Pavano's approach this season reminds McKeon of Greg Maddux.
"He's got himself under control," McKeon said.
Pavano is the first Marlin to be named NL Pitcher of the Month since Willis did it last June.
A major reason Pavano is emerging now is because he's been healthy for two straight seasons.
He's logged at least seven innings in 13 straight starts, and has a staff high with 117 innings pitched.
"I've seemed to have gotten stronger, and I'm taking care of my body a lot better," Pavano said.
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Gender: Female
Athlete Year of Birth: 1982
Athlete Place of Birth: Bülach
Athlete Weight: 52kg
Athlete Height: 166cm
Athlete Lives: Dielsdorf Switzerland
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High school until 2001, 2002-2010 studies in law. Triathlon since 1992, first junior European championships in 1998. Cross country and 3000m on track until 1998-2001. Before: basketball, snowboarding.
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Athlete Tri Entry Year: 1992
Athlete Other Sports: Snowboarding, mountainbiking, hiking, mountaineering, crosscountry skiing
Athlete Education: Law school
Athlete Hobbies: Other sports, going to the movies, reading
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Athlete Proudest Moment: European Champion 2009, 2010 and 2012, 6th at 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Vice World Champion 2010, winning 2009 London WCS race, winning 2010 Madrid WCS race, World Cup wins in Kitzbuhel 2008 and Eilat 2007, Junior World Champion 2001
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While she may be from Long Island, Susan Hoffberg's heart is pure Dixie. After working in corporate America for 28 years, she decided to call it quits and took over the Quincy's Restaurant building and transformed it into a barbeque Mecca for West Orange residents last year.
Hoffberg prides herself not only on the reputation of her barbeque short ribs, but also on the fact that Suzy Ques is as culturally rich as the town of West Orange itself, attracting people to the restaurant and bar as a sort of "Cheers-like" atmosphere where everyone knows your name and what dry rub you prefer.
Why choose to bring barbeque to West Orange?
Well I looked around and thought, 'If I'm going to open up a restaurant in the worst economy ever and in an industry that has a 90% failure rate, I need to do something that will differentiate us from all the other restaurants around here. The one thing I'd have to go to Manhattan for was good barbeque because we didn't have it here.
Where is your favorite kind of barbeque from?
In terms of location, I'm probably more of a Texas or Memphis kind of barbeque, not so much North Carolina or South Carolina but that's just me personally. But that's pretty much based on the sauces. Here, we slow smoke everything and that's what it's about in terms of barbeque; in other restaurants, you're getting liquid smoke because they don't have a smoker. So I invested in a 600 pound smoker which is really expensive but that is what is going to be different.
Describe a typical Friday night at Suzy Ques.
Friday we get a lot of families and couples in the dining. On the other side we have the bar area which is a more lively, vibrant crowd with live music and a happy hour from 3 pm to 7 pm which is seven days a week. Most of my bands play in the bar area. I like to mix it up between classic soul, rock, blues. We have a very mixed crowd here just like the neighborhood. I've worked really hard to keep it that way. Everybody is welcomed here.
How did the name Suzy Ques come about?
Obviously my name is Susan but all my friends and family called me Suzy. When I decided I was doing a barbeque place, it just made sense. Anyone of a certain generation will know the song, most people know a Suzy who they call Suzy Q. I used a lot of local businesses for the design of the signs. Most people think we're a franchise because of the sign and the way it looks.
Can you let us in on any secret ingredients?
That's hard (laughs). The rubs are combination of all different spices. What I could tell you is that any good rub will have 25% salt in it. The other 75% will make up the flavors. That's about all I can tell you. Everything we do here is made in-house. We don't bring in any of our sauce. Every day the chefs make all of the sauces. That's the most I can tell you about the secret sauces.


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Annual to tree
Leaves basal or cauline, alternate to whorled, simple to compound
Inflorescence: 1° inflorescence a head, each resembling a flower, 1many, generally arrayed in cymes, generally subtended by ± calyx-like involucre; flowers 1many per head
Flowers bisexual, unisexual, or sterile, ± small, of several types; calyx 0 or modified into pappus of bristles, scales, or awns, which is generally persistent in fruit; corolla radial or bilateral (rarely 0), lobes generally (0)45; stamens 45, anthers generally fused into cylinder around style, often appendaged at tips, bases, or both, filaments generally free, generally attached to corolla near throat; pistil 1, ovary inferior, 1-chambered, 1-seeded, style 1, branches 2, generally hair-tufted at tip, stigmas 2, generally on inside of style branches
Fruit: achene, cylindric to ovoid, generally deciduous with pappus attached
Genera in family: ± 1300 genera, 21,000 species (largest family of dicots): worldwide. Largest family in CA. Also see tribal key to CA genera: Strother 1997 Madroño 44(1):128. See glossary p. 25 for illustrations of general family characteristics.
Annual to perennial herb (subshrub)
Stems generally erect
Leaves alternate, generally entire
Inflorescence: heads generally radiate, 1many in loose, panicle-like or flat-topped clusters; involucre hemispheric; phyllaries narrowly lanceolate, in 2several equal to strongly graded series; receptacle flat to steeply conic, naked, smooth to shallowly pitted
Ray flowers (0) generally 10many; ligules generally white, pink, or blue (yellow)
Disk flowers many; corollas generally narrowly funnel-shaped, yellow; style tips 0.10.8 mm, ± triangular
Fruit 0.53 mm, generally ± oblong, compressed to ± cylindric, generally 2-ribbed, generally sparsely hairy; pappus (0) generally of 650 longer, inner bristles and shorter outer bristles, narrow scales, or short crown
Species in genus: ± 375 species: wordwide
Etymology: (Greek: early old age)
Reference: [Nesom 1992 Phytologia 72:157208]
Perennial 230 cm, from (sub)simple caudex and fibrous roots, unbranched, sparsely and loosely spreading-hairy and glandular
Leaves: basal 27 cm, oblanceolate to spoon-shaped; cauline much reduced
Inflorescence: head 1, 816 mm diam; phyllaries ± equal, blackish purple, tips spreading to reflexed
Ray flowers 30125; corollas 713 mm, ligules blue or pink to white, coiled
Fruit: pappus bristles 1220
Ecology: Alpine meadows, talus
Elevation: 26003700 m.
Bioregional distribution: High Sierra Nevada, East of Sierra Nevada
Distribution outside California: w Nevada
Flowering time: JulAug
Synonyms: E. petiolaris Greene
Horticultural information: DRN, SUN: 1 &IRR: 2, 3, 15, 16, 17, 18; DFCLT.
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HARRISONBURG, Va., April 19, 2013 – After going 6-1 during its recent seven-game homestand, the James Madison softball team begins an important eight-game road trip at Delaware this weekend. The Dukes and Blue Hens play a Colonial Athletic Association doubleheader at the Delaware Softball Stadium in Newark, Del., beginning at noon on Saturday. The teams conclude the series with a single game on Sunday, also at noon.
JMU travels to three opponents ranked in the top 75 of the NCAA Ratings Percent Index (RPI) during the next 10 days, playing at No. 75 Delaware, No. 8 Tennessee and No. 31 Hofstra. Madison currently sits at No. 43 in the RPI with a 33-10 record overall and a 12-0 mark in the CAA.
The Dukes have won 16 consecutive games against conference foes dating back to 2012, including seven straight on the road. They currently hold a one and a half game lead over Hofstra and a three-game lead over Delaware for the top spot in the CAA standings. The regular season champion gets to host the CAA Championship from May 9-12. Assuming no games lost to weather, JMU needs to go 7-2 over its final nine CAA games to clinch the top seed.
Thus far this season, JMU is hitting .369 with a .551 slugging percentage and 14 home runs in conference play. Eight Dukes are hitting over .300 against league foes with three players hitting above .400. Freshman pitcher/first baseman Jailyn Ford (Hot Springs, Va./Bath County) is hitting .581 with seven home runs, 18 RBIs and 17 runs. Junior shortstop Caitlin Sandy (Fayetteville, N.C./Jack Britt) is hitting .471 with a .500 on-base percentage. She's added eight runs and six RBIs while sophomore utility player Sarah Mooney (Huntersville, N.C./North Mecklenburg) is batting .410 with three home runs, 13 RBIs and 12 runs scored.
In the circle, the Dukes' pitching staff is 12-0 with a 0.64 ERA in 76 innings pitched against league foes. JMU's top two pitchers of Ford and sophomore Heather Kiefer (Potomac Falls, Va./Potomac Falls) have combined for four shutouts and nine complete games. Kiefer is 5-0 with a 0.20 ERA, limiting her opponents to a .139 batting average with three shutouts and four complete games in seven appearances.
Ford has gone 7-0 with a 1.04 ERA in 40 1/3 innings pitched. She's allowed just 16 hits in 139 at-bats, limiting batters to a .115 batting average. She has struck out 53 and walked just 19. Sophomore Miranda Kemp (Haymarket, Va./Battlefield) tossed a shutout inning in her only appearance in CAA play.
Madison has not trailed at any point in CAA play this season. It has held a lead after 69 of the 76 innings played, including scoring in the first inning in seven of its league games.
The Blue Hens are 31-11 and 9-3 in the CAA play after dropping their first conference games of the year in last weekend's series against Hofstra. The Blue Hens managed to score just three runs in a three-game sweep by Hofstra. On Wednesday, Delaware defeated Rider at home to improve to 11-1 at UD Softball Stadium this season.
As a team, the Blue Hens are batting .300 with seven starters hitting .290 or better. Lead-off hitter Jessica Grisler leads the Blue Hens with a .370 batting average, 32 runs scored and nine stolen bases. Third baseman Lara Andrews is Delaware's top slugger, hitting .307 with three home runs and 20 RBIs. Shortstop Lisa Stacevicz is hitting .340 with team-highs in doubles (nine) and RBIs (22).
In the circle, Delaware boasts a deep staff of right-handers who have split the starting duties this season. Senior Chenxi Jiao leads the staff with 26 appearances, posting a 12-4 record and a 1.55 ERA in 95 innings. In 20 appearances, freshman Kiersten Coffman is 8-1 with a 2.39 ERA in 73 1/3 innings. Senior Amanda Stacevicz is 5-2 with a 3.10 ERA and freshman Taylor Curran holds a 3.33 ERA with three complete games in ten starts.
Jaime Wohlbach is in the midst of her first winning season at Delaware in her third year as head coach. In three years with the Blue Hens, Wohlbach holds a 67-86-1 record.
All-time, the Dukes own a 22-13 advantage over the Blue Hens. JMU last played Delaware in the first elimination game of last season's CAA Championship. The Dukes won 6-3 on the heels of three seventh-inning home runs, including homers by senior center fielder Jasmine Butler (Winter Garden, Fla./West Orange) and Sandy. The Dukes series visit to Delaware in 2011 resulted in three one-run games, ending with a 2-1 series win for the Blue Hens.
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